tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post114335294783639717..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Winged Toasters of the GodsMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143810193219767472006-03-31T08:03:00.000-05:002006-03-31T08:03:00.000-05:00It looks like it might be lovely. And it has Stig...It looks like it might be lovely. And it has Stig Anderson and Tina Kiberg, who I believe got nice reviews in Wagner in the U.S. a couple of years back. I believe they're married.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143783686645574302006-03-31T00:41:00.000-05:002006-03-31T00:41:00.000-05:00Just incidentally... The film noire-ish, 1920s Rin...Just incidentally... The film noire-ish, 1920s Ring you just created in your mind and then discarded? Um... it's happening in less than a month:<BR/><BR/>http://www.thecopenhagenring.dk/<BR/><BR/>Still time to get on a slow boat to Kobenhavn...Grrghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411931791000663919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143731358215838172006-03-30T10:09:00.000-05:002006-03-30T10:09:00.000-05:00How about a drinking game where everyone downs a s...How about a drinking game where everyone downs a shot each time a glaring typo or a criminally stupid mistranslation scrolls across the supertitle screen? <BR/><BR/>That way, we'd all be so drunk that when Act II of whatever it is we're watching rolls around, we wouldn't care anymore. That sure would be a relief ...!Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143644311227836472006-03-29T09:58:00.000-05:002006-03-29T09:58:00.000-05:00I'm afraid I've touched a nerve, Rysanekfreak!I'm afraid I've touched a nerve, Rysanekfreak!Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143497154045104012006-03-27T17:05:00.000-05:002006-03-27T17:05:00.000-05:00Ooh, I like that drinking game. shame about the tw...Ooh, I like that drinking game. shame about the two posts a day limit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143483661297672922006-03-27T13:21:00.000-05:002006-03-27T13:21:00.000-05:00Ha, I'm now going to claim around town that my wri...Ha, I'm now going to claim around town that my writing has been used as a text at [Prominent University.]<BR/><BR/>The main rules of the Opera-L drinking game were you had to do a shot when A Certain Person ended his post with "Vergogna!" or A Certain Other Person dropped the name of a diva that gave him the time of day. I'll say no more. [Maury looks around nervously...all very film noir] I've said too much already!<BR/><BR/>Hm, how about a film noir Ring? No, that would suck. (See, certain directors? Ideas can be dismissed if they just don't work.)<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how I'm disposed toward Lysistrata...Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143478461835456862006-03-27T11:54:00.000-05:002006-03-27T11:54:00.000-05:00Now I have something to tell my kids about today w...Now I have something to tell my kids about today when we talk a little bit about productions. I'm still laughing my ass off at the idea of 386/486 era computer screensaver aesthetics in a Ring production.<BR/><BR/>And c'mon, post the Opera-L drinking game. We can always write a r.m.o. version, too.<BR/><BR/>Saw Lysistrata this weekend. Enjoyed myself. Pretty complex piece, though--may take another go at it and bring friends, because how often do you get an opera with dick jokes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143476415483197582006-03-27T11:20:00.000-05:002006-03-27T11:20:00.000-05:00Ooh--Elizabeth Bishop was one of the alto soloists...Ooh--Elizabeth Bishop was one of the alto soloists when I sang the Mahler 8 here in Madison. Wonderful singer.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040029403688659712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143476207235082412006-03-27T11:16:00.000-05:002006-03-27T11:16:00.000-05:00I once thought up an Opera-L drinking game, too. ...I once thought up an Opera-L drinking game, too. It was a bit mean spirited so I'll elide the details--I'm feeling a bit of remorse for my wicked ways after writing such a harsh review.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid it's true: we Jews were not meant for drinking games...but when the Scrabble board comes out, batten down the hatches.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143472677097321022006-03-27T10:17:00.000-05:002006-03-27T10:17:00.000-05:00I love the idea of the Golden Crutch Award! It has...I love the idea of the Golden Crutch Award! It has the potential to create the same sort of buzz one expects from The Razzies, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>And speaking of operatic drinking games, my wife came up with a doozie: Down a shot of tequila every time someone sings the name "Margarita" during Gounod's "Faust." We tried it once but passed out before the end of the first act. Of course, we're Jews, so our cultural background didn't exactly help there. Maybe next time we'll try it with Manischewitz - hey, just in time for Pesach!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877408572713743323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143468484675650582006-03-27T09:08:00.000-05:002006-03-27T09:08:00.000-05:00Hi Terry. I was in good frontish balcony seats. ...Hi Terry. I was in good frontish balcony seats. We kept peering over the ledge to see if Condi or Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in a box, to no avail. I love me some Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<BR/><BR/>Donner, right. Not Loge. We here at My Favorite Intermissions like to think of the constant flow of misinformation as a potential source of drinking games: everyone do a shot when Maury makes a glaring factual error.<BR/><BR/>I didn't so much enjoy Zaremba as Fricka, but de gustibus a son gout.<BR/><BR/>You'll have to let me know how Walkuere goes...Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1143450204967183272006-03-27T04:03:00.000-05:002006-03-27T04:03:00.000-05:00You saw that mess as well? Where did you sit? I ...You saw that mess as well? Where did you sit? I had the good (or bad...probably bad) fortune to be in M 7, and the noise backstage was terrible. That's the virtue of abstract sets...you don't make a lot of damn noise.<BR/><BR/>It was so quiet when the bass/baritones were singing. Erda and Fricka were the only two I enjoyed, probably because I could hear them. I still thought Froh was bland, though (and I think, in your post, you meant to say Donner, instead of Loge, in terms of the clank).<BR/><BR/>I still thought it dragged a little, though you are right, scene two was the only spot I didn't think it was a problem. <BR/><BR/>The prelude and the entry were both a little weak, in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>I have better hopes with Die Walkure, if only because I have faith in the Wotan of Alan Held.T. Ambrose Nazianzushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605022156180786714noreply@blogger.com